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Sorry for the delay, I think BHX managed 8 briefly in 2008 but 7 for most
of the last couple of summers.
Hudson Bays last post is interesting, as yes I had heard crews would be stretched but also some summer flights have been taken off sale per other posts such as MAN-PMI, BHX-BCN and EMA-ORK.
I believe non of these are due to the reduction in aircraft (except perhaps BHX), as the schedules were adjusted a while ago for this but certainly the MAN two and the BHX three units were tightly scheduled with several eight sector days for the craft. Good utilisation but only if you have the crew I suppose.
Still very disappointing to see BHX-BCN taken off sale, as Ryanair have
reduced Reus from 5 weekly to two weekly and Girona is only four weekly anyway.
Baby had a rough January at BHX other than the two Med routes and Amsterdam but with Spring Fair in the first week of Feb and now half-term I believe things have picked up and Nice has restarted.
Just wished they could have held on to Rome, Lisbon, Madrid (and now Barcelona), as loads were fine even year-round but obviously the figures didn't add up and I am sure it will also be pointed out that no other operator has picked up any of these routes still.
Pete